Le Mariage d'Orgueil
Le Mariage d'Orgueil (lit. "The wedding of pride") is a French comédie vaudeville in two acts by Adolphe d'Ennery (1811-1899)[1].
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The original text
First performed at the Théâtre National du Vaudeville, Paris, 23 March 1838. Printed in Paris by Dondey-Dupré (date unknown) and by Marchant, 1838.
Translations and adaptations
Adapted and translated into English as A Wonderful Woman (also known as The Marquis and Cobbler) by Charles Dance (1794-1863)[2]. Also known by joint title: The Wonderful Woman, or The Marquis and The Cobbler. Another title, given by Allardyce Nicoll (2009), is The Marriage of Pride, or The Marquis and the Cobbler. Nicoll provides two possible dates for performances of a play of this latter name at the Grecian Theatre, London, i.e. 14/9/1854 and 21/6/1860.
Performance history in South Africa
1860: Performed as A Wonderful Woman by Charles Fraser and his "Thespian Company" in a tent in Simon's Town on 15 April. Also performed were a play called The Croaker, or The Business of Human Life (no author given) was and songs sung as intermezzo.
1877: Performed as The Wonderful Woman (and wrongly attributed to "Geo. Dance" by Bosman, 1980) in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 5 September, with Peep O' Day (Jerrold). A benefit performance for Georgina Robinson and W. Foulis.
1877: Performed as The Wonderful Woman in the Theatre Royal, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck's company on 6 September, with Black-Eyed Susan (Jerrold).
1884-5: Performed as The Marquis and the Cobbler by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
Facsimile version of the Dondey-Dupré published French text, The Internet Archive[[3]]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_d%27Ennery
http://childperformers.ca/biographies/rosina-shaw/#_edn19
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dance_(playwright)
Allardyce Nicoll. 2009. History of English Drama, 1660-1900 (Volume 5, Part 2), Cambridge University Press: p. 716[4]
D.C. Boonzaier. 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1923. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)
F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp. 380
William Groom. 1899-1900. Drama in Cape Town. Cape Illustrated Magazine, 10(4): 478-481, 517-520, 547-552, 580-584, 640-643, 670-672, 706-708.
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The Marriage of Pride, or The Marquis and the Cobbler is a light comedy by an unknown author.
Also found as The Marquis and the Cobbler
The original text
Translations and adaptations
Performance history in South Africa
1884-5: Performed as The Marquis and the Cobbler by the Henry Harper Company in the new Theatre Royal, Cape Town, as part of Henry Harper's first season as lessee and manager of the venue.
Sources
The Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 226, 25 September, 1886[5]
